| 1 | English | work | "Employment."; "Effort."; Sustained effort to... |
| 2 | English | lacquerwork | Artistic or decorative work made with lacquer |
| 3 | English | lacquer | A glossy, resinous material used as a surface... |
| 4 | French | lacque | a sort of sealing wax |
| 5 | Portuguese | laca | lake; lac |
| 6 | Persian | لاک | — |
| 7 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 8 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 10 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 11 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂lek- | to protect |